1 Foundry House Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JR
Refused on 9 December 2025
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation air conditioning unit
- Received
- 15 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Long Melford
- Agent
- Whymark & Moulton Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Oct
- ValidatedValidated20 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Nov
- TargetTarget Date1 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 1 Foundry House Hall Street Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9JR. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 1,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. The site is in the Long Melford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Long Melford. We hold 3,165 applications in total for the CO10 postcode area.
96% of heritage applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- REASON(S) FOR REFUSAL - HERITAGE HARM Policy LP19 of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan (JLP) states that harm to designated heritage assets (regardless of the level of harm) will require clear and convincing justification in line with the tests in the National Planning Policy Framework. The proposed air conditioning unit is considered to cause a very low less than substantial level of harm to the listed building. In the absence reasonable of mitigation features, the air conditioning unit does not preserve the listed building, and the level of harm is not outweighed by the public benefits. The development is therefore contrary to Policy LP19 of the JLP, Paragraph 215 of the NPPF and Section 66 of the Planning (listed building and conservation areas act). SUMMARY OF POLICIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE DECISION: LP19 - The Historic Environment NPPF - National Planning Policy Framework PPG- Planning Practice Guidance
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CO10 9JR
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Long Melford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 22 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Whymark & Moulton Ltd
- Agent address
- Gwelo Edgworth Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2TG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 31 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 21 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Long Melford
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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Associated applications
- 202515 Oct
Application for Planning Permission - Retention of air conditioning unit
RefusedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideDC/25/04576 - 202515 Oct
Application for Listed Building Consent - Installation air conditioning unit
This applicationRefusedListed building consentDC/25/04577
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202020 Aug
Application for Non Material Amendment to B/15/01043
RefusedNon-material amendmentDC/20/03568 - 20196 Feb
Full Planning Application - Change of use of bed sit to restaurant with installation of external extractor…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDC/19/00601 - 20196 Feb
Listed Building Consent - Demolition of internal wall and installation of extraction system to facilitate…
ApprovedListed building consentDC/19/00602
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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Consultants on this application
- Whymark & Moulton · Agent for this application
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